Gas-washing apparatus



(No Model.)

A. BEACON. GAS WASHING APPARATUS.

No. 601,888. Patented Apr. 5, 1898.

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GAS-WASHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,888, dated April 5,1898.

Application filed May 13, 1897;

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. DEACON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvem ents'in Gas-Washing Apparatus,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, economical, andefficient apparatus for washing and cleansing blast-furnace and similargases; and the invention consists in the features, combinations, anddetails of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevationof a portion of a furnace with an apparatus for washing and cleansinggas constructed in accordance with my improvements attached thereto inoperative position Fig. 2, an enlarged sectional view of thewater-distributer, and Fig. 3a front elevation of the metal'strip usedin providing the water-outlet.

In constructing an apparatus in accordance with my improvements Iprovide a cupshaped disk A of the desired size, having its inner face aarranged, preferably, in a vertical plane, so that a sheet of water mayflow down the same and be carried off by means of a drip or waste pipeB. To provide the sheet of water, I use an inlet or feed pipe G, whichis connected by means of a flexible tube a with any source ofwater-supply. I provide the inner end of this tube withawater-distributer D, which has threaded en gagement therewith andprevents it from turning by means of the pin 01. The disk is providedwith a threaded nipple E, which is screwthreaded therein and whichsupports the' inner end of the Water-distributer and practically forms acontinuation of,the feed;pipe for purposes more fully hereinafterdescribed. This threaded nipple is provided withseveral radial openingse, which allow the water to force its way into the inside of thedistributer and drip down its surface cl and out through the opening 01onto the face of the disk. To provide the opening 01 Iinterpose a stripof metal F between the distributer and the face of the disk, whichprevents the lower end of the distributer from contacting the Serial No.636,274 (No model.)

disk, thus providing the desired width of opening. 7.

.It is oftendesirable to clear out the inletopening 61 when it hasbecome clogged with sediment, dirt, or foreign substances, and in orderto do this all that is necessary to do is to turn the pipe C, whichaction rotates the distributer on the threaded nipple, provides a largerinlet-opening, and flushes or cleanses the inlet-opening of all sedimentand foreign substances. By turning the pipe C in an opposite directionthe distributer is forced back again into its operative position, asshown in Fi 2.

v The gas is led into the chamber of the cupshaped disk preferably bymeans of an elbow G, Which has its discharge-opening g ar-' ranged infront of the disk, so that as the gas enters the chamber it contacts thedownflowi'ng sheet of water in such a manner that the dust, dirt, andforeign substances are caught by the water and carried down andoffthrough the waste-pipe. I further provide a housing or casing H,which entirely surrounds the opening of the gas-pipe and theoutlet-opening A of the cup shaped disk, so as to confine the gas afterit has been cleansed and to carry it over and around through suchchamber, where it emerges through the outlet H into the furnace I orother desired receptacle, whereit may be consumed.

, In order to protect the disk from the fierce heat of combustion, I.make itv preferably double, so as to provide a water-jacket a which isin communication withv the waterinlet by means of the perforations a andsecures a circulation of water therethrough. I In operation the water isturned on in the feed-pipe C, enters the chamber of'the distributer, andis forced out through the opening d down and over the face of the diskin a steady sheet. The.gas being turned on enters the chamber of thecup-shaped disks and contacts the downflowing sheet of water, where itis thoroughly cleansed. It then rises and flows through thechamber .ofthe casing out through the opening H and into" the furnace or otherplace where it is desired toc'onsume the same.

I claim 1. In a gas-washing apparatus, the combination of a disk orsimilar element, a nipple screw-threaded in the upper portion thereofand provided with longitudinal lateral openings, a Water distributersecured to the threaded nipple and provided with a supplyopening at oneportion thereof, a feed-pipe screw-threaded into and connected with thewater-distributer so that such distributer may be rotated therewith, awaste-pipe for carrying off the water, and a gas-supply pipe arrangedwith its outlet-opening adjacent to the surface of the disk,substantially as described.

2. In a gas-washing apparatus, the combination of a disk provided with aWater-jacket, a water-distributer arranged in the upper portion thereofso as to flow a sheet of water down and over the inner surface of thedisk, a water-discharge pipe connected with the lower portion of thedisk, a gas-supply pipe arranged with its outlet adjacent to the face ofthe disk, and a casing provided with an outlet surrounding the disk andoutlet of the gas-supply pipe to compel the gas after being cleansed topass out through the outlet of such casing, substantially as described.

ALBERT E. DEAGON.

Witnesses:

THOMAS B. MoGREGoR, THOMAS A. BANNING.

